Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Portugal: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
0.633 years
in 2019
Portugal
2.72 years
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
41st
Portugal rank
38th

School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 2.72 years against 0.633 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 2.09 years.

That makes Portugal's figure about 4.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 41st and Portugal ranks 38th of 45 groups.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2049 years 0.2518 years 0.0469 years Portugal
1980s 0.2649 years 0.7424 years 0.4776 years Portugal
1990s 0.2986 years 1.67 years 1.37 years Portugal
2000s 0.4351 years 2.37 years 1.94 years Portugal
2010s 0.593 years 2.74 years 2.14 years Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Portugal?
Portugal, at 2.72 years against 0.633 years in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2018.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Portugal?
2.09 years, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Portugal?
45 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 41st and Portugal ranks 38th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
236 places, 7,887 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.